Section 5.1 Flashcards
There are a lot of words to use to describe the different types of evidence and this means what?
They are not mutually exclusive
Tends to show guilt clearly.
Direct evidence
Video recording of the defendant leaving the liquor store and a video of him saying “give me all your money”. You have a great view of his face this would be what kind of evidence?
Direct evidence that tends to show guilt
Tends to imply guilt.
Indirect evidence
If you see someone walking down the street and running out of the store with a bag of money in one hand and a gun in the other and the clerk is yelling stop. What kind of evidence is this?
Indirect/ circumstantial
If you did not witness the person committing the crime but the aftermath. What kind of evidence is this?
Indirect/circumstantial
Indirect evidence is also referred to as what?
Circumstantial
Example, murder scene and you find a footprint next to the body. You can link it to a certain person. What kind of evidence is this?
Indirect beach it implies guilt because it shows that they were at the scene but it does not mean that they committed the murder.
Most cases are won with nothing but what kind of evidence as long as you have backups?
Circumstantial
You can win a case on circumstantial evidence based on the quality of the implication. True or False
True
Footprint at the crime scene, I also lied about where I was the night of the crime, I own that gun but I cannot find it, and this and this. Indirect evidence adding up means that you could use it in court. True or False
True
Refers to really small things.
trace evidence
blood droplets or bodily fluid that contains DNA
trace evidence
Hair
Fibers
Soil that went from the scene to the suspects shoes or vice versa
Trace Evidence
Latin term that means “evidence as established by law”
Prima Facie
There are a few different ways to find evidence of intoxication. The easiest way is by breath or blood. BAC of 0.08 becomes a ____ ________ of intoxication.
Prima Facie
.08 or higher you are legally assumed to be what?
Intoxicated
.2 BAC you are what?
Wasted
.53 BAC is what?
highest ever recorded
Evidence tends to ________ a person with a crime.
associate
Your footprint was found at the scene. This is evidence that associates you with a crime. True or False
True